309 – SOE Special Duties Flights
When people think about the secret war in occupied Europe, they often picture agents, resistance fighters, and acts of sabotage
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308 – Mers El-Kébir: The British Attack on the French Navy
In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. France had fallen, invasion seemed possible, and Winston Churchill faced a grave
307 – Percy Herbert: From POW to Hollywood
Before he became a familiar face on screen, appearing in over 70 films like ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’,
306 – The Battle for Berlin
The final battle for Berlin in 1945 was not just the end of the war in Europe, it was the
305 – A Boy Soldier in Hitler’s Army
In the final months of the Second World War, as the Third Reich collapsed in on itself, boys were sent
304 – Eisenhower and Churchill
The partnership between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill was one of the defining relationships of the Second World War.
303 – The Link Trainer
Before the Second World War, learning to fly by instruments was one of the most difficult and dangerous skills a
302 – Task Force Hogan
My guest today is William Hogan, and we are going to be talking about the remarkable story of his father,
301 – A Canadian in Stalin’s Army
How does a Canadian end up fighting in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War? My guest today
300 – Exploding Rats and the Devices of SOE
James Bond may have Q Branch supplying him with ingenious gadgets, but during the Second World War the agents of